"written a best-selling epistolary autobiography, which she has titled ""Dear Fatty."" French was paid a £1.5 million advance for the book, which was released in 2008. On an appearance on ""The Paul O'Grady Show"" on 6 October 2008, French said that ""Fatty"" is her nickname for Jennifer Saunders, as a joke about her own size. French said that she became great friends with Saunders well before they started working together, which was ""over 30 years ago"". The book consists of letters to the different people who have been in her life. In 2017 ""Me. You. A Diary"", French's second book,"
"the U.S. as ""Locked-in Syndrome"" with English subtitles), that captured Bauby in his paralyzed state, as well as the process of his book's composition. Artist/director Julian Schnabel's feature-film adaptation of the book was released in 2007, starring Mathieu Amalric as Bauby. The film was nominated for several international awards and won best director that year at the Cannes Film Festival Reviews of ""The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"": The Diving Bell and the Butterfly The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (original French title: ""Le Scaphandre et le Papillon"") is a memoir by journalist Jean-Dominique Bauby. It describes what his life"
"master classes at Universities and music conservatories in Europe and the United States during her retirement years. She continued to teach until her death from liver cancer in Paris in 2007. She had previously overcome battles with cancer in 1978 and 1984. Her memoirs, ""La vie et l'amour d'une femme"" (the French name for Schumann's song cycle ""Frauenliebe und -leben""), are quite candid, providing much detail of the singer's private life as well as unusual insights into her professional world. It was first published in French in 1982 and was republished in an expanded version called ""À la scene, à"
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (original French title: ""Le Scaphandre et le Papillon"") is a memoir by journalist Jean-Dominique Bauby. It describes what his life is like after suffering a massive stroke that left him with locked-in syndrome. It also details what his life was like before the stroke. The French edition of the book was published on March 7, 1997. It received excellent reviews, sold the first 25,000 copies on the day of publication, reaching 150,000 in a week. It went on to become a number one bestseller across Europe. Its total"
"is an autobiographical work, but not in the sense that people might usually think of autobiography. Goyen once remarked, “Everything is auto-biography for me.” In an interview with ""The Paris Review "" in 1976 (on the occasion of the publication of the book’s Twenty-fifth Anniversary Edition), Goyen relates how he happened upon the title. He was serving on an aircraft carrier during World War II at the time: Alternate titles Goyen considered were ""Cries Down a Well"", ""Six Elegies"", and ""Six American Portraits"". Two epigraphs open the book. The first is from a character in the book, Aunt Malley Ganchion:"
"she works in theater, film, and voiceover. In her later 30s, her passion for writing was unexpectedly rekindled. Her choice of genre stems from her profound interest in mystery and crime novels, which she grew up reading. She began writing her debut novel in the months-long lulls between castings. Titled ""In the Woods"", it was published in 2007 to much international acclaim and received rave reviews from many publications. ""Publishers Weekly"" praised French, saying she ""expertly walks the line between police procedural and psychological thriller in her debut"" and that ""Ryan and Maddox are empathetic and flawed heroes, whose partnership"
"in Quebec and France. Her second novel ""Folle"" (2004), like her first, is semi-autobiographical and scandalous, and was also nominated for the Prix Femina. A third novel ""A ciel ouvert"" appeared in 2007. ""L’enfant dans le miroir"" (2007) is a coffee-table illustrated book on beauty. Arcan had recently completed her fourth novel ""Paradis clef en main"" (2009; English: ""Exit"" (2011)) when she committed suicide. She also wrote several short stories, opinion pieces and columns for various Quebec newspapers and literary magazines. Arcan was found dead in her Montreal apartment on September 24, 2009. She hanged herself. She had just finished"
"for a period, and wrote two autobiographies, ""Midnight Baby: an Autobiography"" (1976, ) and ""Bogtrotter: An Autobiography with Lyrics"" (1980; ). The latter title refers to her Irish heritage: ""bogtrotter"" is a derogatory term for an Irish person. She wrote ""Schizo-phren"", a one-woman play with songs. From the 1980s, she often used the name Dory Previn Shannon, Shannon being her mother's maiden name. In 1983 she wrote and appeared in a musical statement on nuclear war, ""August 6, 1945"", in Los Angeles. Working for television, she won an Emmy Award in 1984 for ""We'll Win this World"" (from ""Two of"
"published her book ""Breathing the Fire"" in 2008 after her recovery, which deals with her colleagues and the attack. While recovering, she asked about her crew. In an interview with BBC News, she said she struggled psychologically with survivor's guilt. On World Press Freedom Day 2007, which is held annually on third day of May, the city of Bayeux, France, officially dedicated a memorial for journalists who have been killed while reporting. The number of names of journalists on the memorial numbered 1,889 who had been killed since 1944, according to Reporters Without Borders. Bayeux was selected because its symbolic"
"Brandon French Brandon French (born 20th century as Michaux French) is a former actress turned author and psychoanalyst. She first came to prominence in 1969 as the co-star and co-writer of the loosely autobiographical drama film ""Brandy in the Wilderness"" (1971), directed by Stanton Kaye, under her birth name of Michaux French. She later went on to write the book ""On the Verge of Revolt: Women in American Films of the Fifties"", first published by Frederick Ungar Publishing Company in 1978. Her stories and essays have been published in journals such as ""Calliope"" and ""The Nassau Review"", as well as"
"She released her first autobiography ""Being Jordan"" in May 2004. She conducted a 10-day book-signing tour which helped to propel her to first position in the Nielsen BookScan hardback sales chart and to sell 97,090 copies in one year; and over 1,000,000 as of January 2007. Her second autobiography, ""A Whole New World"", was published in January 2006. It reached number two in the hardback general category and sold 198,105 copies by 1 April 2006. Her second novel, ""Crystal"", about a young woman's efforts to become a singer, sold 159,407 copies during the first three months after its release in"
"in ""Ms."" magazine. Brandon French Brandon French (born 20th century as Michaux French) is a former actress turned author and psychoanalyst. She first came to prominence in 1969 as the co-star and co-writer of the loosely autobiographical drama film ""Brandy in the Wilderness"" (1971), directed by Stanton Kaye, under her birth name of Michaux French. She later went on to write the book ""On the Verge of Revolt: Women in American Films of the Fifties"", first published by Frederick Ungar Publishing Company in 1978. Her stories and essays have been published in journals such as ""Calliope"" and ""The Nassau Review"","
"degree, from both these problems. Their relationship was dealt a severe blow with the death of their daughter, Pree, a year and a week before Charlie Parker's own death. Two years after Parker's death in 1955, Chan married saxophonist Phil Woods and relocated to France, where she spent much of the rest of her life. In her later years, she went on to write a memoir, ""My Life in E-Flat"", which discusses her life with Charlie Parker. It was published in 1999, the year of her death, which occurred in Étampes, France. Just before her death, Chan was interviewed by"
"The Fry Chronicles The Fry Chronicles: An Autobiography is the 2010 autobiography of Stephen Fry. The book is a continuation from the end of his 1997 publication of his first autobiography, """". Though without a strict chronology, it concentrates on a seven-year period of Fry's life, taking up the story after his release from prison, his time at the University of Cambridge and his career in comedy by the late 1980s. The book is Fry's ninth and his second volume of autobiography. Critics have called the book ""candid, sincere, and charming, with insightful commentary if occasionally flat stories"". It was"
"wrote and edited her diary entries. In addition to providing a narrative of events as they occurred, she wrote about her feelings, beliefs, and ambitions, subjects she felt she could not discuss with anyone. As her confidence in her writing grew, and as she began to mature, she wrote of more abstract subjects such as her belief in God, and how she defined human nature. Frank aspired to become a journalist, writing in her diary on Wednesday, 5 April 1944: She continued writing regularly until her last entry of 1 August 1944. On the morning of 4 August 1944, the"
"a published writer. She wrote a number of versions of her autobiography entitled ""Matka"" but nothing in her own words was published until 2008. The book ""Matka and Other Writings"" (London: Mercury Graphics; includes some texts translated from French by Gillian Raffles) is from manuscript sheets which have lain forgotten and unpublished for over 50 years. One part of this group of papers is a version of ""Matka"", and it includes her first meeting and her life with Henri Gaudier, and their adoption of the name Gaudier-Brzeska. It contains her account of what happened to her immediately after Henri Gaudier-Brzeska"
"to the treaties with indigenous people ... and yet he has betrayed every one of the things he committed to in Paris."" On April 5, 2005, Random House released Fonda's autobiography ""My Life So Far"". The book describes her life as a series of three acts, each thirty years long, and declares that her third ""act"" will be her most significant, partly because of her commitment to the Christian religion, and that it will determine the things for which she will be remembered. Fonda's autobiography was well received by book critics and noted to be ""as beguiling and as maddening"
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (film) The Diving Bell and the Butterfly () is a 2007 biographical drama film directed by Julian Schnabel and written by Ronald Harwood. Based on Jean-Dominique Bauby's memoir of the same name, the film depicts Bauby's life after suffering a massive stroke that left him with a condition known as locked-in syndrome. Bauby is played by Mathieu Amalric. ""The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"" won awards at the Cannes Film Festival, the Golden Globes, the BAFTAs, and the César Awards, and received four Academy Award nominations. Several critics later listed it as one of"
"Mosaic: Pieces of My Life So Far Mosaic: Pieces of My Life So Far () is an autobiography written by American musician Amy Grant, published by Flying Dolphin Press and WaterBrook Press (subsidiaries of Random House) and released in October 2007. The book features song lyrics, memoirs, original poetry, pictures, and a partial index of Grant's career achievements. The book is composed largely of short stories, most spanning only a few pages, that provide a glimpse into some chapter of Grant's life or her personal philosophies, often containing a surprise revelation or twist at the end. Grant had been approached"
"pieces on a freelance basis, she has described this period as 'inactive'. Allan attributes this to the collapse of her second marriage and the struggle to re-establish a media career in a foreign country. She emigrated to the United States in 2001 and worked as a PR for the American ""biomagnetic therapy"" proponent Peter Kulish, who she also married. Between 2004 and 2005 published on a freelance basis for titles such as WorldNetDaily. As a personal interest, she also worked as a published astrologer. In 2006, Allan's controversial Terre'Blanche column was republished in the book ""A Century of Sundays: 100"
"have been written in French. Several of them have been translated into English. Gray's last book ""Au nom de tous les hommes"" (2005) has not yet been translated into English. Two of Gray's books are autobiographies: the already mentioned ""For Those I Loved"" covers the era from his birth in 1922 to 1970, when Gray lost his wife and his four children in a forest fire. His second autobiography, ""La vie renaitra de la nuit,"" (""Life Arises Out of Darkness"") covers 1970-77, during which Gray found his second wife, Virginia. In this second autobiography he describes desperately looking for a"
"My Life and Loves My Life and Loves is the autobiography of the Ireland-born, naturalized-American writer and editor Frank Harris (1856–1931). As published privately by Harris between 1922 and 1927, and by Jack Kahane's Obelisk Press in 1931, the work consisted of four volumes, illustrated with many drawings and photographs of nude women. The book gives a graphic account of Harris' sexual adventures and relates gossip about the sexual activities of celebrities of his day. The work was banned in both the United States and Britain for a span of 40 years. At one time it was sold in Paris"
"seven years. In 2003, she published her first autobiography, ""Sex Star"". In 2007, she started a singing career. Rudy Lansard and Abdel Maalikoom produced her first song ""J'Aime"". Her debut album, ""DéCLARAtions"" was released 18 June 2007, with a mixture of funk, hip-hop and R'n'B. Clara Morgane wrote the lyrics for all the songs. The first single, ""J'Aime"" featuring rapper Lord Kossity, and ""Sexy Girl"" have been available online since 26 March 2007. She received a Hot d'Or Award for ""Best French Starlet"" in 2001. She was elected the top French and eighth sexiest woman in the world by the"
"die, the goodness went from life"". O'Faolain died during the night on 9 May 2008. In 2012, RTÉ announced a major new documentary on her life. She became internationally well known for her two volumes of memoir, ""Are You Somebody?"" and ""Almost There""; a novel, ""My Dream of You""; and a history with commentary, ""The Story of Chicago May"". The first three were all featured on ""The New York Times"" Best Seller list. Her posthumous novel ""Best Love, Rosie"" was published in 2009. O'Faolain's formative years coincided with the emergence of the women's movement, and her ability to expose misogyny"
"Katy French Katy Ellen French (31 October 1983 – 6 December 2007) was an Irish socialite, model, writer, television personality and charity worker. According to the BBC, ""in the space of less than two years, she had become one of Ireland's best-known models and socialites."" She collapsed at a friend's house on 2 December 2007 and died on 6 December. Her cause of death was given as hypoxic ischemic brain injury caused by cocaine and ephedrine. French was born in Basel, Switzerland, to parents Janet (from Britain) and John (from Australia) French. She moved with her family to Ireland aged"
"semi-autobiographical or political in nature; his later books (after he returned to fiction in 1989) include three major autobiographical works: ""O Brother!"" [2000], ""The Mothers"" [2002], and ""Death and the Maiden"" [2007] form a coherent trilogy about his brother, his early wives (and mothers) and, in the last, a reprise of ""The March-Man"", his father. During this second period he also published a series of stories and novellas, described as ‘imaginary biographies’, collected in ""Out of Nowhere"" [2000]. At the same time he also wrote five non-fiction books on sporting figures and four crime and espionage novels under the pseudonym"
"Dawn (Dawn Robinson album) Dawn is the first solo album by the American singer-songwriter Dawn Robinson. It was released on January 29, 2002, by LeftSide Entertainment and Q Records, while distribution was handled by Atlantic Records. The album was released 6 years after her departure from En Vogue and roughly a year after leaving Lucy Pearl. ""Dawn"" includes the single ""Envious"". Following her departure from En Vogue in 1997, Robinson began work on her solo career, appearing as a featured vocalist on The Firm's hit single ""Firm Biz"" that year. In 1999, she joined the group Lucy Pearl and recorded"
"BBC World Service, NPR's ""All Things Considered,"" ABC and other international broadcast shows. Both of French's 2007 books, ""Into That Silent Sea: Trailblazers of the Space Era, 1961–1965"" and ""In the Shadow of the Moon: A Challenging Journey to Tranquility, 1965–1969"" were named as finalists for the 2007 Eugene M. Emme Award given by the American Astronautical Society. The latter was also named as 2009 Outstanding Academic Title by the American Library Association's Choice magazine. In 2008, French received the AIAA ""Outstanding Contribution to Aerospace Education"" award, and the ""Outstanding Community Support"" award for San Diego from the National Space"
"produced by long-time friends Bernard Swell and Bernard Saint-Paul. ""Longue Distance"" peaked at number 1 on the French charts. Her 2005 tour across France ended with nine concerts at the Olympia, during which she recorded her eighth live album. In 2005, she released her autobiography, ""La Douceur du Danger"" (written with Didier Varrod), in which she discussed the most striking events of her life, particularly her alcoholism and her love life. The ""best-of"", entitled ""Petits moments choisis"", was released in November 2007, just as the singer started an unusually long tour which lasted until the summer of 2009. In December"
"My Life in France My Life in France is an autobiography by Julia Child, published in 2006. It was compiled by Julia Child and Alex Prud'homme, her husband's grandnephew, during the last eight months of her life, and completed and published by Prud'homme following her death in August 2004. In her own words, it is a book about the things Julia loved most in her life: her husband, France (her ""spiritual homeland""), and the ""many pleasures of cooking and eating."" It is a collection of linked autobiographical stories, mostly focused on the years between 1948 and 1954, recounting in detail"
"title, Lee Child's ""61 Hours"", by 8,000 copies. The Fry Chronicles The Fry Chronicles: An Autobiography is the 2010 autobiography of Stephen Fry. The book is a continuation from the end of his 1997 publication of his first autobiography, """". Though without a strict chronology, it concentrates on a seven-year period of Fry's life, taking up the story after his release from prison, his time at the University of Cambridge and his career in comedy by the late 1980s. The book is Fry's ninth and his second volume of autobiography. Critics have called the book ""candid, sincere, and charming, with"
"throughout her life, with her first short story published in VVV (magazine) in 1943 and original poems accompanying her etchings in the limited edition books ""Demain"" (1964) and ""En chair et en or"" (1973). However, it was after her return to New York in the 1980s that she began to focus on her writing. In 1986, she published her first memoir, entitled ""Birthday"" for the painting that had figured so prominently in her biography. It has since been translated into four other languages. In 2001, she wrote an expanded version of her memoir called ""Between Lives: An Artist and Her"
"1856 and 1879, French was actively engaged as literary editor of a number of magazines and newspapers. In 1872, her first novel, ""My Roses,"" was published, and in 1879 her last novel, ""Darlingtonia,"" appeared serially in the ""Detroit Free Press"". A poem entitled ""The Lost Louisiana,"" which appeared in one of the New Orleans dailies, proved to be the precursor of French's marriage. John Hopkins French, standing in front of the St. Charles Hotel, New Orleans, was approached by a newsboy selling the morning papers: ""All about the lost 'Louisiana'!"" the boy shouted. Mr. French's interest was aroused by the"